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Senate approves revised child-support guidelines after technical amendment
Summary
The Utah Senate passed the second substitute of SB23 with a sponsor-filed technical amendment that preserves judicial ability to deviate from guidelines; the bill was approved on final passage and referred to the House.
The Utah Senate passed the second substitute to Senate Bill 23, a revision to the state's child-support guidelines, after the sponsor offered a narrowly focused technical amendment to preserve existing judicial flexibility.
Sponsor Senator Greg Bell told colleagues the amendment fixes a drafting problem discovered by attorneys during an overnight review that could have unintentionally prohibited courts from deviating from the guidelines in…
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